Man killed early Saturday

Tuesday

May 6, 2014 at 12:01 AM

STOCKTON - Two men were found shot early Saturday morning inside a vehicle in a commercial/industrial section of northeast Stockton, officials said Monday. One of the men died at the scene from multiple gunshots, according to a news release issued Monday afternoon by the San Joaquin County Sheriff's Office.

Joe Goldeen

STOCKTON - Two men were found shot early Saturday morning inside a vehicle in a commercial/industrial section of northeast Stockton, officials said Monday. One of the men died at the scene from multiple gunshots, according to a news release issued Monday afternoon by the San Joaquin County Sheriff's Office.

The deceased man was identified as Christian Elizondo, 21, who was sitting in the driver's seat of the vehicle. The other victim, identified only as a 23-year-old man, suffered a single gunshot wound to his upper body and was taken to a hospital for treatment, according to the Sheriff's Office.

The vehicle was located on the west side of Cherokee Road near Newton Road, just west of Highway 99, about 2:30 a.m. Saturday. A witness who called authorities said the passenger told him there was a shooting and the driver was injured. Another caller reported it as a traffic accident involving a silver-colored, four-door car. A witness told deputies he saw a dark-colored sedan turn onto the southbound onramp to Highway 99 during the shooting, according to the sheriff's statement. There is no further description of any suspects or vehicles involved in the homicide, and no eyewitnesses have stepped forward.

"We have very little to go on," sheriff's spokesman Deputy Les Garcia said Monday. "This investigation is still ongoing."

Anyone with information is asked to contact Detective Terry Renberg at (209) 468-4424 or text a tip to 274637; in the message area, type SJSO, a space and the tip.

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